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the anti-american communist dictator hugo chavez calls barack obama comrade obama and believes president obama is to the left of himself and fidel castro. that's the issue summary. these are the the facts. now the question. when fidel castro hailed the passage of obamacare as a miracle, do you think this is because he is honestly concerned with the well-being of americans or is it more likely that castro sees obama care as the fastest way to bring socialism to america? what do you think? how much danger do you think liberty is in as a result of president obama's policies, actions and agenda for america's future? it's how much. you have to quantify this. it could be all of these. more serious than the threats we faced in world war ii from nazi germany and the japanese because the attack on liberty today is from our own government. that's one choice. or, more serious than the threat we face from the soviet union during the cold war. or all of the above. or serious but not as serious as the threats to liberty listed above. for all the communist pollsters, that's one of the choices. you were
the anti-american communist dictator hugo chavez calls barack obama comrade obama and believes president obama is to the left of himself and fidel castro. that's the issue summary. these are the the facts. now the question. when fidel castro hailed the passage of obamacare as a miracle, do you think this is because he is honestly concerned with the well-being of americans or is it more likely that castro sees obama care as the fastest way to bring socialism to america? what do you think? how...
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obama care! >> obama care! >> all all of obama care. >> i'm the one that's going to get rid of obama care. we're going to stop it on day one! >> remember 2012, the presidential election about how obama care just never came up? it's like it wasn't even an issue in the campaign. so nobody ever expected that that election would have settled anything about obama care. >> you had said next year that you would repeal the health care vote. that still your mission? >> well, i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was re-elected, obama care is the law of the land. >> well, now the latest republican argument for shutting down the government in order to stop obama care is that it was never addressed as an issue in the presidential campaign. this is the point where the way your friend told you that you should calm down, use deep breaths, this is the time for deep breaths. president obama today went to maryland and gave a speech about health reform, and he has given a million speeches about h
obama care! >> obama care! >> all all of obama care. >> i'm the one that's going to get rid of obama care. we're going to stop it on day one! >> remember 2012, the presidential election about how obama care just never came up? it's like it wasn't even an issue in the campaign. so nobody ever expected that that election would have settled anything about obama care. >> you had said next year that you would repeal the health care vote. that still your mission?...
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that's barack obama's problem. incidentally, we just today got an initial jobs report for march, which shows more than 200,000 jobs were added to the u.s. economy this month, the 26th straight month of private sector job growth under president obama. but job creation! that's barack obama's problem, somehow. mr. romney will always take plaque, even from his own side of the aisle, on which all of the policy issues on which he has changed, on which he has flip-flopped. today mr. romney gave a speech to newspaper editors in washington, in which he said, flip-flopping, that's barack obama's problem. >> as president, he has repeatedly called for tax increases on businesses. now as candidate obama, he decides that a lower corporate tax rate would be better. as president, he's added regulations at a staggering rate. now as candidate obama, he says he wants to find ways to reduce them. >> now, to be fair, none of that's true. if you compare new regulations under the obama administration, say wonder the george w. bush admini
that's barack obama's problem. incidentally, we just today got an initial jobs report for march, which shows more than 200,000 jobs were added to the u.s. economy this month, the 26th straight month of private sector job growth under president obama. but job creation! that's barack obama's problem, somehow. mr. romney will always take plaque, even from his own side of the aisle, on which all of the policy issues on which he has changed, on which he has flip-flopped. today mr. romney gave a...
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this was john brennan with president obama when president obama first took office. john brennan was reportedly president obama's choice to lead the cia after he first became president in his first term. john brennan had been a career cia figure. he had served as chief of staff to george tenet when george tenet under george bush developed their torture and secret prison program. john brennan's association with the torture and secret prison program of the george bush era of the cia is what sunk his chances for being picked as director of the cia at the start of the obama presidency. it's kind of weird. it's almost a foreign concept in american modern politics that the left might block something from happening, but it's true. liberals thought obama stopping the torture program wasn't enough. that people tarred by association with that program should not be promoted, that there should be political accountability for people who were close to the torture policy. liberals raised enough noise about john brennan's potential nomination to run the cia in 2008 and 2009 that it
this was john brennan with president obama when president obama first took office. john brennan was reportedly president obama's choice to lead the cia after he first became president in his first term. john brennan had been a career cia figure. he had served as chief of staff to george tenet when george tenet under george bush developed their torture and secret prison program. john brennan's association with the torture and secret prison program of the george bush era of the cia is what sunk...
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when the crowd started to chant, obama, obama, obama, clinton fans started to chant "hillary." that was eight years ago in unity, new hampshire. fast forward eight years to today, hillary clinton and barack obama disembarking from air force one there, back on the campaign trail together, and in many ways, today's event in north carolina had the same trademarks as that rally back in 2008, just like eight years ago, even the flight to today's rally was a media event, as you can see there. clearly both the people on stage have aged a little bit since they campaigned a little bit in 2008, but even the staging today was reminiscent of unity, new hampshire, in 2008. what is different, though, the roles are now reversed. now it's hillary clinton who needs barack obama. it's not barack obama running in the fall and needing party unity. it's hillary clinton running in the fall and needing party unity. needing the president on her side. today's event in north carolina came just hours after the fbi director held a press conference about hillary clinton's state department e-mails. and whil
when the crowd started to chant, obama, obama, obama, clinton fans started to chant "hillary." that was eight years ago in unity, new hampshire. fast forward eight years to today, hillary clinton and barack obama disembarking from air force one there, back on the campaign trail together, and in many ways, today's event in north carolina had the same trademarks as that rally back in 2008, just like eight years ago, even the flight to today's rally was a media event, as you can see...
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obama is a 70% favorite. but my site had obama as an 85% favorite before the debate. means romney has gone double. people maybe read a little too much into the national polls. but even in the cases where obama was ahead by 7 points in the state before, that lead has been cut to 3 or 4. maybe you have a tie now. or romney ahead. there's a sign that obama's problems were worse just after the debate on thursday and friday and it's perking back up. we'll see in the next round show the swing states tied. then democrats really will be appropriate for them to panic a little bit. right now trepidation is the most appropriate emotion for democrats. if you see e obama's lead in the swing states evaporating as well, then it really is, i think, a toss up heading into the last debates. >> nate silver, author of the new book "the signal and the noise." more broadly it's about the whole statistical universe and how to understand it. nate, congratulations. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> pop quiz. paul ryan has either, a, just helped president obama with the nra, or b
obama is a 70% favorite. but my site had obama as an 85% favorite before the debate. means romney has gone double. people maybe read a little too much into the national polls. but even in the cases where obama was ahead by 7 points in the state before, that lead has been cut to 3 or 4. maybe you have a tie now. or romney ahead. there's a sign that obama's problems were worse just after the debate on thursday and friday and it's perking back up. we'll see in the next round show the swing states...
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so when he reads an account of david axelrod interviewing president obama and president obama suggesting that he could have beaten donald trump in the election, that feels wounding to him. he responded aggressively in a tweet making fun of the fact that president obama had campaigned and not been able to pull hillary clinton across the finish line. then he reacts to the israel resolution at the united nations and then sends out those tweets this morning. then, when he actually talks to president obama, he then comes out and says, oh, it's fine. you know, people have said that one of the idiosyncrasies of donald trump is that the last person who is with him who speaks to him has a lot of influence. there's an example of that. >> are you saying he has poor impulse control and is malleable? >> i don't think i would be the first person to say that. donald trump has not restrained himself from lashing out against people during the campaign in ways that was counterproductive, that his staff wishes he didn't do. and you know, in the way this played out today on the transition, sean spicer was o
so when he reads an account of david axelrod interviewing president obama and president obama suggesting that he could have beaten donald trump in the election, that feels wounding to him. he responded aggressively in a tweet making fun of the fact that president obama had campaigned and not been able to pull hillary clinton across the finish line. then he reacts to the israel resolution at the united nations and then sends out those tweets this morning. then, when he actually talks to...
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and you're critiquing obama? >> well, i don't know how that spin resulted. anybody that watched the debate, i was talking about vice president biden's record, not obama's. heck, i had many conversations with president obama during his time as president about reforming the criminal justice system. it was joe biden who bragged that every crime bill since the 1970s major and minor had his name on it. that's his words about his record. this is not about the obama administration at all. i don't know how that spin came out of this. this is about a guy that championed the bills that created three strikes you're out and incentivizing states to have longer sentences and more jalsz and prisons built from the time i was in law school to the time that i was the mayor of the city of newark. a new prison or jail being built every 19 days. our prison population has gone up 500% in this country with an overwhelming disproportionate between african-americans. this drug war has been incarcerating african-americans at about four ti
and you're critiquing obama? >> well, i don't know how that spin resulted. anybody that watched the debate, i was talking about vice president biden's record, not obama's. heck, i had many conversations with president obama during his time as president about reforming the criminal justice system. it was joe biden who bragged that every crime bill since the 1970s major and minor had his name on it. that's his words about his record. this is not about the obama administration at all. i...
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remember, obama fired mike flynn. when trump came to the white house to meet obama after the election, president obama reportedly warned president-elect trump about two things. one, north korea. two, mike flynn. and trump decided to keep mike flynn anyway. if you're in charge of the transition, the part of the transition, the national security adviser part of the transition, from yourself to mike flynn, do you hand him all the intel you've got? do you read him in on everything? we've got a spy working in putin's office, would you tell mike flynn the name of that person? might you memorialize in a note to file some of the decision-making processes around this unusual time in american history? in december, right after the election, president obama, you'll remember, he ordered the intelligence community to conduct a full assessment of what the russians did. it turned up tons of intelligence reports about contacts between trump associates and russian officials. "the new york times" last year previously reported on a scram
remember, obama fired mike flynn. when trump came to the white house to meet obama after the election, president obama reportedly warned president-elect trump about two things. one, north korea. two, mike flynn. and trump decided to keep mike flynn anyway. if you're in charge of the transition, the part of the transition, the national security adviser part of the transition, from yourself to mike flynn, do you hand him all the intel you've got? do you read him in on everything? we've got a spy...
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campaigning for obama. when it's chris christie suddenly the guy who's the keynote speaker at the republican convention speaking up and vouching for him, that's the kind of thing, people who are wavering back and forth, that registers with them to some extent. >> how are you hanging in personally dealing with the storm? >> i have it a lot better than most people. i used to live in hoboken and the scenes from there, i'm just thinking of the people, my neighbors from hoboken from a few years ago and imagining what they're going through. >> an update on the situation in hoboken, we have new york governor andrew cuomo coming up live in a moment. he never does interviews. i'm really happy he's going to be here. steve kornacki is the co-host of msnbc's "the cycle" at 3:00 p.m. here on msnbc and he writes for salon.com. all right. new york governor andrew cuomo is going to join us. big deal. stay tuned. >>> since the financial industry collapsed and the economic collapse at the end of the george w. bush administra
campaigning for obama. when it's chris christie suddenly the guy who's the keynote speaker at the republican convention speaking up and vouching for him, that's the kind of thing, people who are wavering back and forth, that registers with them to some extent. >> how are you hanging in personally dealing with the storm? >> i have it a lot better than most people. i used to live in hoboken and the scenes from there, i'm just thinking of the people, my neighbors from hoboken from a...
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once barack obama became president, bill kristol said he knew who barack obama was going to pick as his first nominee for the supreme court. he said he had it on good authority. >> if he has made up his mind, and i think it's going to be jennifer granholm, the governor of michigan. >> less than a week later, president obama did nominate his first supreme court nominee. it was not jennifer granholm, governor of michigan. when president obama was running for re-election in 2012, bill kristol announced to the world his exclusive news that rudy giuliani, once again, was running for president. rudy is running, i'm told by reliable sources rudy giuliani intends to run for the gop nomination for president in 2012. rudy giuliani was just about to declare he was in the running for 2012. rudy giuliani did not run for president in 2012. bill kristol is amazing. bill kristol once went on the "larry king show" which used to be on cnn and he told larry king that what america was going through right in that moment was the high water mark of the gay rights movement. that there would never be further ac
once barack obama became president, bill kristol said he knew who barack obama was going to pick as his first nominee for the supreme court. he said he had it on good authority. >> if he has made up his mind, and i think it's going to be jennifer granholm, the governor of michigan. >> less than a week later, president obama did nominate his first supreme court nominee. it was not jennifer granholm, governor of michigan. when president obama was running for re-election in 2012, bill...
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a picture of barack obama there. same thing with the mitt romney one. mitt romney just has clip art and a stock photo eagle. yeah, it's nudge, nudge, wink, wink, we'll launder the money to barack obama and mitt romney, but at least they are nudging and winking. the rick perry people aren't even nudging and winking. here is a picture, and another picture. want to give the money to elect somebody different than barack obama as president? rick perry, rick perry, rick perry. this is perhaps the larger role of rick perry in our national politics today, to make stuff obvious. and maybe that is a metaphor for his broader role in the campaign. but is rick perry's being this blatant about this any different legally than anybody else going around and nudging and winking about their monlaundering? laundering? thank you for joining us. >> thank you, rachel. >> you probably do not see this as money laundering. but in what ways is it not money laundering? >> one person's money laundering is another's free speech. and it happens in
a picture of barack obama there. same thing with the mitt romney one. mitt romney just has clip art and a stock photo eagle. yeah, it's nudge, nudge, wink, wink, we'll launder the money to barack obama and mitt romney, but at least they are nudging and winking. the rick perry people aren't even nudging and winking. here is a picture, and another picture. want to give the money to elect somebody different than barack obama as president? rick perry, rick perry, rick perry. this is perhaps the...
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that was how mitt romney quoted president obama. here's what president obama actually said. >> senator mccain's campaign actually said, and i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> cutting that quote the way they did and ascribing it to barack obama, when what barack obama was doing was quoting somebody else for the purpose of criticizing the statement, that is just a flat-out lie. that is not subtle. that is not the kind of thing you get away with, even in politics. that is really too black and white, that was tie blatant, which was the reaction to that ad from mr. romney by even the very cynical beltway press. even they were horrified. and the most important thing now about that lie by the romney campaign in their first ad about president obama is that when they were called out on it, even by the beltway press, they did not fix it, and mr. romney himself was not embarrassed about it when he was asked about it. >> there was no hidden effort on the part of our campaign. it was, instead, to point out tha
that was how mitt romney quoted president obama. here's what president obama actually said. >> senator mccain's campaign actually said, and i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> cutting that quote the way they did and ascribing it to barack obama, when what barack obama was doing was quoting somebody else for the purpose of criticizing the statement, that is just a flat-out lie. that is not subtle. that is not the kind of thing you get away with,...
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then there's not much obama can do. but they had had luck with romney's personal negatives before that. so there's potential there. >> i wonder -- i was thinking about this with the appearances in ohio. looking at the economic numbers in ohio. it's been funny at the personality level to see john kasich talk about how much better things have gotten under his leadership. we'd really to prefer you say things are going badly. as the campaign shrinks down to a small number of swing states and they have that improving economic numbers problem as it were on the republican side in florida and ohio, does that change the type of argument they need to make about change? about why mitt romney is the guy who should be trusted to do things differently than barack obama? >> they are hitting it there. basically things are on the upswing in ohio. and to keep it going, you need to change leadership in washington. it's true if you look at the numbers in ohio and to an extent in wisconsin. if you look nationally at where obama has been ble
then there's not much obama can do. but they had had luck with romney's personal negatives before that. so there's potential there. >> i wonder -- i was thinking about this with the appearances in ohio. looking at the economic numbers in ohio. it's been funny at the personality level to see john kasich talk about how much better things have gotten under his leadership. we'd really to prefer you say things are going badly. as the campaign shrinks down to a small number of swing states and...
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the obama campaign issued their own statement. the campaign manager says, quote, it's hard to serve as president for all americans when you have disdainfully written off half the nation. in terms of how we got this information today, got this footage of mitt romney talking about 47% of the country who believes that they are victims and who are dependent upon the government and who he does not worry about. in terms of how we go this, different variations of this speech, different variations of this footage have been bouncing around the internet for months in a sort of unverified way. today the story was everywhere. it can no longer be ignored. joining us is david corn. his book comes out in paperback tomorrow. congratulations on the scoop. thank you for being here. >> i'm glad to be with you, rachel. i have to say the source apologizes for impersonating you early on. >> is that so? >> quite seriously. i was asked to convey that message. >> thank you. i will say because that's the way that i learned about the video, we tried to auth
the obama campaign issued their own statement. the campaign manager says, quote, it's hard to serve as president for all americans when you have disdainfully written off half the nation. in terms of how we got this information today, got this footage of mitt romney talking about 47% of the country who believes that they are victims and who are dependent upon the government and who he does not worry about. in terms of how we go this, different variations of this speech, different variations of...
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this is not an obama defense budget. we saw all of the combatant commanders and service chiefs say this is what we need. this would not be first time. this would not be odd for a defense budget to decline after conflicts. >> i agree. what i believe is that this budget does hollow out defense. i believe it goes beyond where we ought to go to have a strong national defense to keep people safe. i think they are using budget gimmicks as well. i think there's a lot of budget smoke and mirrors in the pentagon's budget. which is not really a true, honest and accurate budget. >> it is not a true, honest and accurate budget. he said the generals did not give their true advice. we don't think the generals are giving us their true advice. we don't think they believe their budget is the right budget. here is the chairman of the chief of staff responded. he said, quote, there's a difference between having somebody say they don't believe what you said versus calling us collectively liars. my response is i stand by my testimony. this w
this is not an obama defense budget. we saw all of the combatant commanders and service chiefs say this is what we need. this would not be first time. this would not be odd for a defense budget to decline after conflicts. >> i agree. what i believe is that this budget does hollow out defense. i believe it goes beyond where we ought to go to have a strong national defense to keep people safe. i think they are using budget gimmicks as well. i think there's a lot of budget smoke and mirrors...
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the obama administration got rid of that banks in the middle thing. they saved tens of billions of dollars and put that money toward actual students instead. so democrats have their case to younger voters and they have their pitch to make and republicans have theirs. >> i joke and i don't mean to be flip with this because i see truth in this. i don't see how a young american can vote for a democrat. i apologize for being so offensive but i catch your attention. i mean there's some truth there. >> test time. beyond the stylistic vote for me stuff, there's something specific on which washington has to make a decision right now that applies to this political point. there's something that will make an immediate difference in the lives of millions of young people right away. something on which a decision has to be made. got to pick a side. you want to see somebody refusing to pick a side. somebody refusing to make a decision on this? this was chuck todd this morning here on msnbc with republican congressman connie mack of florida. >> mitt romney and presid
the obama administration got rid of that banks in the middle thing. they saved tens of billions of dollars and put that money toward actual students instead. so democrats have their case to younger voters and they have their pitch to make and republicans have theirs. >> i joke and i don't mean to be flip with this because i see truth in this. i don't see how a young american can vote for a democrat. i apologize for being so offensive but i catch your attention. i mean there's some truth...
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there have been lots of conspiracy theories surrounding president obama. i think, though, that my all-time personal favorite conspiracy theory about him was one from 2008, the secret truth that barack obama secretly isn't black. i love this conspiracy theory then, i still love it now. >> you know, if you're born christian in africa, you're given christian name. if you're born arab in africa, and there are a lot of arab africans, you're given an african name. hence, barack hussain. the father was from africa. i can't verify this, but according to this guy, kenneth lamb, barack obama is not black african, he is arab african, and yet this guy is campaigning as black and painting anybody who dares to criticize him as a racist. it is the biggest con we've ever seen. >> this guy is campaigning as black. that happened on laura ingraham's show. that was not her. that was a substitute guest host who not only believes that barack obama is secretly not black. she is also who donald trump just appointed to be one of his deputy security advisers. there is a lot of conc
there have been lots of conspiracy theories surrounding president obama. i think, though, that my all-time personal favorite conspiracy theory about him was one from 2008, the secret truth that barack obama secretly isn't black. i love this conspiracy theory then, i still love it now. >> you know, if you're born christian in africa, you're given christian name. if you're born arab in africa, and there are a lot of arab africans, you're given an african name. hence, barack hussain. the...
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yoo does the obama campaign have that option? >> i don't think so. >> i think the first debate will be remembered for romney one and two, big bird. and that is the image that will be on saturday night live. the only way to turn that to his advantage is to call him out on it and use the results of the first debate to improve his performance. remember, he went into a preevent defense and sitting on his lead. he is a good performer and good guy. >> jonathan, thank you for being here. i was excited to talk about this and i interrupted you a lot, i'm sorry. it turns out we have an unfortunate scoop. and it is out of pennsylvania and that story is coming up next. stay with us. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. l
yoo does the obama campaign have that option? >> i don't think so. >> i think the first debate will be remembered for romney one and two, big bird. and that is the image that will be on saturday night live. the only way to turn that to his advantage is to call him out on it and use the results of the first debate to improve his performance. remember, he went into a preevent defense and sitting on his lead. he is a good performer and good guy. >> jonathan, thank you for being...
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when obama said that, the strategy was pretty clear. mr. obama was diminishing the impact of bill clinton and taking a shot at nominating another clinton and trying to appeal to moderates and liberals who wanted their own transformational leader. o praising reagan is part of what is a common trend now. happens a lot presidents controversial become unifying icons in retrospect. the rallying around the retiree becomes selective forgetting. we forget who they were and forget about the things that divided them when they were in office. the nation's 39th president found himself seemingly out of nowhere in this presidential race just a month ago. >> you would have given the order, governor? >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> jimmy carter's reputation as a peace nick is undeserved. he presided over a military build-up with the soviet union and he himself served on a submarine, more service than mitt romney has offered the country. much is said about his instincts of foreign policy and taking the fight to his enemies and making th
when obama said that, the strategy was pretty clear. mr. obama was diminishing the impact of bill clinton and taking a shot at nominating another clinton and trying to appeal to moderates and liberals who wanted their own transformational leader. o praising reagan is part of what is a common trend now. happens a lot presidents controversial become unifying icons in retrospect. the rallying around the retiree becomes selective forgetting. we forget who they were and forget about the things that...
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whoever obama names to this position, they're probably going to be in it long after obama is out of office. so don't get distracted by the speeches and the policy papers. that stuff is all important. i like me a policy paper. but that right now, that is economic politics as much as anything else. but this pick, federal reserve chairman, that's going to be the most important economic policy decision obama makes in his second term. nothing else will even come close. helicopthierhis hibuzzing, andk engine humming. sfx: birds chirping sfx: birds chirping we're so choosy about the cuts of beef that meet our higher kosher standards that only a slow-motion bite can capture all that kosher delight. and when your hot dog's kosher, that's a hot dog you can trust. hebrew national. if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. getting to goal is important, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors because you could be at i
whoever obama names to this position, they're probably going to be in it long after obama is out of office. so don't get distracted by the speeches and the policy papers. that stuff is all important. i like me a policy paper. but that right now, that is economic politics as much as anything else. but this pick, federal reserve chairman, that's going to be the most important economic policy decision obama makes in his second term. nothing else will even come close. helicopthierhis hibuzzing,...
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whoever obama names to this position, they're probably going to be in it long after obama is out of office. so don't get distracted by the speeches and the policy papers. that stuff is all important. i like me a policy paper. but that right now, that is economic politics as much as anything else. but this pick, federal reserve chairman, that's going to be the most important economic policy decision obama makes in his second term. nothing else will even come close. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. "first day of my life" by bright eyes you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh...no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can m
whoever obama names to this position, they're probably going to be in it long after obama is out of office. so don't get distracted by the speeches and the policy papers. that stuff is all important. i like me a policy paper. but that right now, that is economic politics as much as anything else. but this pick, federal reserve chairman, that's going to be the most important economic policy decision obama makes in his second term. nothing else will even come close. [ male announcer ] research...
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so, he didn't care about obama care specifically. so it's not all about obama care. but there's all kinds of specific stuff he wanted to get. he wanted to get something, but he didn't want to raise the debt creel. that's where he had the most leverage. that's been pretty much his position all year. now, in the second week of getting crushed in the polls and making no progress toward anything he wants, for john boehner, it is still not about obama care, but his new idea is a couple of days, weeks, good plan? that brings us to the senate republican. who met today with president obama. they completely reject what the house republicans are saying. for them, it is not about obama care. they say we're never going to defend obama care. why are we fighting about that? but they don't want to raise the debt ceiling without some concession. so, same goes for them for the government shutdown. it's not about obama care for them. so, can you keep track of that? i mean, one by one, if you're the kind of republican in congress, god bless you, who likes to or needs to take cues from
so, he didn't care about obama care specifically. so it's not all about obama care. but there's all kinds of specific stuff he wanted to get. he wanted to get something, but he didn't want to raise the debt creel. that's where he had the most leverage. that's been pretty much his position all year. now, in the second week of getting crushed in the polls and making no progress toward anything he wants, for john boehner, it is still not about obama care, but his new idea is a couple of days,...
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under obama's plan, 36.3%. under romney's plan, 25.9. to get that out of percents and in dollars, your taxes will be $160,000 lower than under obama. $160,000. tax cuts of that size cost a lot of money. trillions of dollars. romney is promised he won't pay for that by cutting defense. he promise the he won't raise taxes elsewhere. to make the numbers work to make the taxes and spending balance out he will have to cut almost twice as deep in spending as paul ryan's budget does. he will have to cut every single domestic program including social security, medicare and medicaid all of them by 36%. 36%. you know who relies on domestic programs like those? seniors and the poor. think all the seniors voting republican want a 36% cut to social security and medicare in order to pay for romney's tax cuts for the wealthy? i sort of doubt it. the budget doesn't show us where the two parties disagree, shows us where they do agree. taxes are lower under both obama and romney than if we let the bush tax cuts expire and turned to clinton era rates. taxe
under obama's plan, 36.3%. under romney's plan, 25.9. to get that out of percents and in dollars, your taxes will be $160,000 lower than under obama. $160,000. tax cuts of that size cost a lot of money. trillions of dollars. romney is promised he won't pay for that by cutting defense. he promise the he won't raise taxes elsewhere. to make the numbers work to make the taxes and spending balance out he will have to cut almost twice as deep in spending as paul ryan's budget does. he will have to...
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barack obama will look good. and we've got to do everything that we can to make barack obama look bad. so despite the fact that we had a modest bipartisan transportation bill, roads, bridges, public transit pass the senate with over 70 votes, inhofe, the most conservative guy in the senate, working with barbara boxer, we can't get that bill moving in the house of representatives. so if you're asking me why, i would say hundred percent political. if it's good for america, if it creates jobs, if it's good for barack obama, we can't do it. >> now, some republicans say and some people say didn't we do infrastructure a couple years ago? you heard a lot in the stimulus we had done infrastructure. how come we have all of this outstanding -- >> because we ignored the needs for a long, long, time. yeah, we did put infrastructure in the state of vermont but we need money for the other 49 states as well. it's not only roads, bridges, water systems, it's mass transportation. it is rail. china is building high-speed rail all
barack obama will look good. and we've got to do everything that we can to make barack obama look bad. so despite the fact that we had a modest bipartisan transportation bill, roads, bridges, public transit pass the senate with over 70 votes, inhofe, the most conservative guy in the senate, working with barbara boxer, we can't get that bill moving in the house of representatives. so if you're asking me why, i would say hundred percent political. if it's good for america, if it creates jobs, if...
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so president obama with 332 electoral vote. ultimately the decisive thing ant florida was not who florida voted for. it was the state becoming a showcase for the unreasonable lengths of time people had to go to to exercise their right to vote. florida's republican-controlled legislature cut down early voting days by almost half. rick scott broke with even republican tradition and refused to extend early voting hours even in the face of six to seven-hour lines in the state. now that florida's electoral college votes have been allocate ed, he's ready to address the state's problem saying "i have asked the secretary of state to review this and report on ways to improve the process after all the races are certified. as part of this, he will meet with county election supervisors, especially those who ran elections where voters experienced long lines of four hours or more." so waiting in line for four hours did you want trigger any special attention. you have to be more than four hours for that. when's the last time you waited in lin
so president obama with 332 electoral vote. ultimately the decisive thing ant florida was not who florida voted for. it was the state becoming a showcase for the unreasonable lengths of time people had to go to to exercise their right to vote. florida's republican-controlled legislature cut down early voting days by almost half. rick scott broke with even republican tradition and refused to extend early voting hours even in the face of six to seven-hour lines in the state. now that florida's...
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handling a major crisis, obama by 12. medicare, obama by 15. the only issue where the president loses is this one. the issue of dealing with the deficit where it's mitt romney holding a 3-point lead over president obama. the president leading on every other issue. it's because of the thing that lost president obama the first presidential debate two weeks ago which was him trying to explain how mitt romney can't be trusted on the deficit by trying to do the math for everyone live on tv. saying something that sounded in translation like you have a large number with a trillion in it and some smaller trillions that when you add them up you subtract and get a number that's positive. do you follow me? president obama during that first debate was trying to do the math over and over and over again as a way of explaining that what mr. romney is proposing would be a recipe for massive deficits. really there is no way you can do the things mr. romney says he's going to do without running up massive deficits. instead of making up memorable arguments that m
handling a major crisis, obama by 12. medicare, obama by 15. the only issue where the president loses is this one. the issue of dealing with the deficit where it's mitt romney holding a 3-point lead over president obama. the president leading on every other issue. it's because of the thing that lost president obama the first presidential debate two weeks ago which was him trying to explain how mitt romney can't be trusted on the deficit by trying to do the math for everyone live on tv. saying...
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>> i guess i'm in a minority, i thought it was helpful to obama but not anywhere near the sort of obama created commercial that other people saw. you look at that morning in america comer sthal reagan had in 84, this is a commercial yesterday that said people are scared and they are hurting. that is not exactly something that the white house i think would have manufactured had it had the chance to do it. >> i think that is clearly right, although a number of of people around the president tweeted approval and gave it shout outs. and i think what is interesting is the underlying economic conditions, do you present this challenge to the president bausz if six months from -- because six months from now, the president can just run morning in america and literally get up and say are you better off now than you were four years ago. >> absolutely. >> that is easy. you don't need to pay someone a lot of money to figure out what your message is. >> something else there, chris, we remember morning in america as representing reagan's america, everything was wonderful. that year unemployment was ov
>> i guess i'm in a minority, i thought it was helpful to obama but not anywhere near the sort of obama created commercial that other people saw. you look at that morning in america comer sthal reagan had in 84, this is a commercial yesterday that said people are scared and they are hurting. that is not exactly something that the white house i think would have manufactured had it had the chance to do it. >> i think that is clearly right, although a number of of people around the...
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barack obama knows how to do this. i feel like barack obama is like a swiss army knife. he's got several different settings. funny barack is a very easy setting for him. >> okay. >> whereas romney has awkward romney and mean romney which is why funny romney is not a setting for him which is why he looked awkward when he was funny. >> he was funny. opening joke where he was talking about wardrobe changes on the campaign, sports coat, suit and tie for an evening event, ann and i can relax with what we wear around the house. looked very stern while delivering that very funny joke. >> looks like a guy in a movie who's been stabbed and trying not to show it. the stern romney face, why are you in so much pain? you're killing. enjoy the moment. >> here's the thing. because you said that about romney right before we saw obama let go, i was watching obama's facial expressions. when he says the joke he does not smile his way through the joke, enjoying himself through the joke. he seems serious like romney, beat, then big smile or laugh or self-deprecating laugh or some other show
barack obama knows how to do this. i feel like barack obama is like a swiss army knife. he's got several different settings. funny barack is a very easy setting for him. >> okay. >> whereas romney has awkward romney and mean romney which is why funny romney is not a setting for him which is why he looked awkward when he was funny. >> he was funny. opening joke where he was talking about wardrobe changes on the campaign, sports coat, suit and tie for an evening event, ann and i...
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and those colorado voters overall thought president obama won. even better for the obama campaign, the margin of victory for the president was particularly large among the independents who were watching that debate. which is exactly who the president wants to be winning over. you know, it's funny, one of the things we have learned over the course of this campaign is that mr. romney doesn't like to do stuff the morning after big events. at least, they don't like to have big, public events planned for mr. romney after big events. i mean, traditionally, candidates see, and campaigns see big marquis events like debates or conventions as springboards for the next day's public attention and momentum. but the romney campaign is not like that. after his convention, mr. romney did not do a traditional bus tour or barn storming campaign trip. after his convention, you will recall that mr. romney went on vacation. mr. romney, even after he had such a big win at the first presidential debate, he did not have any big, morning after the debate rallies or anyth
and those colorado voters overall thought president obama won. even better for the obama campaign, the margin of victory for the president was particularly large among the independents who were watching that debate. which is exactly who the president wants to be winning over. you know, it's funny, one of the things we have learned over the course of this campaign is that mr. romney doesn't like to do stuff the morning after big events. at least, they don't like to have big, public events...
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president obama normalizes relations with cuba. buzzfeed reports jeb bush has been working for a bank violating those sanctions for years. and then this morning in a totally unrelated development it was announced that jeb bush would be leaving barclays in two weeks. tah-dah. jeb bush had to know this was coming. he was working for barclays when they were forced to pay a $300 million fine for evading the embargo in cuba. his signature issue is the embargo in cuba. but right out of the gate, his first day of active lie exploring a run for president, he runs smack into that wall. people say jeb bush is the new mitt romney. people who really like the idea of jeb bush running for president say that. people who really hate the idea of jeb bush running for president say that, too. it can e and potentially liver cancer. but you haven't been forgotten. there's never been a better time to rethink your hep c. go to hepchope.com to register for more information. then talk to your doctor about scientific advances that may help you move on from
president obama normalizes relations with cuba. buzzfeed reports jeb bush has been working for a bank violating those sanctions for years. and then this morning in a totally unrelated development it was announced that jeb bush would be leaving barclays in two weeks. tah-dah. jeb bush had to know this was coming. he was working for barclays when they were forced to pay a $300 million fine for evading the embargo in cuba. his signature issue is the embargo in cuba. but right out of the gate, his...
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it was obama versus clinton. obama the insurgent. he struck first with a big win in iowa and then clinton bounced back in new hampshire. then she beat him again in nevada. at that point it looked at that moment like she was home free. she started out as the big front runner. she was establishment favorite. she took a hit and righted her ship and now she was rolling. that's how things had gone before. that's how it was supposed to play out again. hillary would coast to the nomination. this time back in 2008, something funny happened. the next primary after nevada was in south carolina. and in south carolina hillary clinton lost again. she lost big. she was crushed by obama. the margin was nearly two to one. it was more than two to one in fact. that was when it became clear just how different, how extraordinary, how unprecedented, the obama campaign actually was. obama was playing the role of insurgent candidate back in 2008. in a typical democratic primary, the insurgent candidate does well with one specific segment of the party. typi
it was obama versus clinton. obama the insurgent. he struck first with a big win in iowa and then clinton bounced back in new hampshire. then she beat him again in nevada. at that point it looked at that moment like she was home free. she started out as the big front runner. she was establishment favorite. she took a hit and righted her ship and now she was rolling. that's how things had gone before. that's how it was supposed to play out again. hillary would coast to the nomination. this time...
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obama care. what are you doing? >> i'm crushing democrat campaigns. >> but if that feels like republicans are just going through the motions there with that ad, well, they pretty much are because here's one of the secrets of the 2014 campaign, for all their bluster a year ago republicans really haven't been saying much about obama care for months now. bloomberg news reported this summer that republican anti-obama care ads were drying up in key battleground states. in fact, i think we actually have a slide show for this. dim the lights for dramatic effect. all right, here we go. first slide. please. there it is. the top five issue ads in north carolina as of six months ago, april 2014, the ones against obama care accounted for 54%, more than half of the ads airing in north carolina. now, let's look at the next slide. by july, the anti-obama care ads were down to 27%. they had fallen in half. and during that time, moving to the next slide, we got these numbers showing the percentage of people going without health insu
obama care. what are you doing? >> i'm crushing democrat campaigns. >> but if that feels like republicans are just going through the motions there with that ad, well, they pretty much are because here's one of the secrets of the 2014 campaign, for all their bluster a year ago republicans really haven't been saying much about obama care for months now. bloomberg news reported this summer that republican anti-obama care ads were drying up in key battleground states. in fact, i think...
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obama dancing again shortly. plus, i'll repeat the thing about who made the shoes, which makes me blush for some reason. we'll be right back. >>> but we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friend. and we must carry those lessons into this time as well. we will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. >> last week on the occasion of the end of president obama's first term in office, nbc news did a big comprehensive national poll on how americans viewed this president right now. they asked specifically what was the best thing that president obama got done in the last four years. coming in at number three on the list was preventing middle class tax hikes while raising taxes on the highest levels of income. that was the third greatest accomplishment of the president's first term, according to the latest nbc poll. number two, killing bin laden. killing osama bin laden is what president obama himself refers
obama dancing again shortly. plus, i'll repeat the thing about who made the shoes, which makes me blush for some reason. we'll be right back. >>> but we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friend. and we must carry those lessons into this time as well. we will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. >> last week on the occasion of the end of president obama's first...
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brennan was a very early convert to the obama campaign. he was a close adviser during the 2008 campaign on intelligence matters. and he ran the -- well, i guess, he was a co-chair of the transition team for intelligence matters in 2008. and because of that work, he was considered to be possibly nominated for cia director. when he withdrew from that potential position, mr. obama installed him as his top counterterrorism adviser and he and the president grew very, very close. he is a very trusted adviser of the president. continues to be. and that's not something that the president's probably going to walk away from very quickly. >> so the context for all of this is there is this torture report that all of washington's been talking about that's apparently going to be released next week. a torture report the senate has been working on, very exhaustive, what exactly the cia was doing, they call it enhanced interrogation. president obama himself today at his press conference called this torture. that made headlines. after he made that statement
brennan was a very early convert to the obama campaign. he was a close adviser during the 2008 campaign on intelligence matters. and he ran the -- well, i guess, he was a co-chair of the transition team for intelligence matters in 2008. and because of that work, he was considered to be possibly nominated for cia director. when he withdrew from that potential position, mr. obama installed him as his top counterterrorism adviser and he and the president grew very, very close. he is a very trusted...
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they feel like obama is partly to blame for the tea party because he is the one that passed obama care. obama care was, was according to them, an overreach. because it was an overreach. that created the tea party. therefore he needs to deal with the situation that he helped create. this is, i mean this is actually. the kind of place -- that, that that we are at in terms of the way that, that they're interacting with each other. >> how dare you obama, create my hatred of you so much. wow, amazing. asking people to account for their own enemies. ryan grimm, washington chief of the huffington post. weird, weird stuff you are covering. >> getting weirder. >> every day. long proposed house speaker john boehner is just bad at his job. doesn't mean he is a bad guy. just means he is not up to the job he has got to do. that hypothesis was fully developed on the show before he displayed problem with counting. the counting problem is next. and a visit with the person who is involved in implementing health reform. hhs secretary kathleen se beale justs you is here. at a ford dealer with a little q
they feel like obama is partly to blame for the tea party because he is the one that passed obama care. obama care was, was according to them, an overreach. because it was an overreach. that created the tea party. therefore he needs to deal with the situation that he helped create. this is, i mean this is actually. the kind of place -- that, that that we are at in terms of the way that, that they're interacting with each other. >> how dare you obama, create my hatred of you so much. wow,...
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whoever packs president obama's bags is busy. prepping for the president's big trip that starts tomorrow. he's going to asia tomorrow. no sitting u.s. president has ever visited the nation of cambodia before, but president obama is about to do so. no sitting u.s. president has ever visited burma, either. but president obama is about to go there too. no president has ever done that. when he's there, he will meet with the opposition leader. aung san suu kyi. while he's there. one interesting side note on president obama making this historic trim to burma. which is also called myanmar. in 2009, before the u.s. government decided that they were ready to send a sitting president to that country, we apparently first decided that we were ready to send a rock band to that comprehend. specifically the band ozo motley. the state department under a brand new president obama in 2009 authorized the great l.a. latin fusion band to go tour burma. a sort of ambassadors for u.s. culture in that notoriously closed off authoritarian part of the wor
whoever packs president obama's bags is busy. prepping for the president's big trip that starts tomorrow. he's going to asia tomorrow. no sitting u.s. president has ever visited the nation of cambodia before, but president obama is about to do so. no sitting u.s. president has ever visited burma, either. but president obama is about to go there too. no president has ever done that. when he's there, he will meet with the opposition leader. aung san suu kyi. while he's there. one interesting side...
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obama 47, romney, 44. gary johnson at 5%. jill stein with 1% and vir jill goode pulling in half a percent. that's not in virginia. that's in ohio. maybe half a percent or gary johnson's 5% will mean nothing. maybe ohio won't even be close. when elections are not close nobody remembers who the third party candidates are. when they are close all of a sudden that might be the most important thing in the world. >>> i brought extra clothes to work with me today. see? if it becomes clear tomorrow that we have to be heading out to colorado or ohio or florida for that matter, because it turns out that's where this thing is going to be decided over a period of days and weeks and months instead of it just being called tomorrow night, i'm ready to go. you never know and clean socks are a courtesy to everyone. that is how i'm getting ready for tomorrow. i'm reading everything in sight. also laundry. how are you preparing for tomorrow? a third of the country has already early voted. if you already have, i'm guessing your plans tomorrow ar
obama 47, romney, 44. gary johnson at 5%. jill stein with 1% and vir jill goode pulling in half a percent. that's not in virginia. that's in ohio. maybe half a percent or gary johnson's 5% will mean nothing. maybe ohio won't even be close. when elections are not close nobody remembers who the third party candidates are. when they are close all of a sudden that might be the most important thing in the world. >>> i brought extra clothes to work with me today. see? if it becomes clear...
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for president obama in particular, in terms of who they are. he has appointed more diverse judges and in particular, more female judges than any president by a mile. 42% have been women. 19% have been african american. 11% have been hispanic. particularly, in terms of women and hispanic nominees, president obama's nominations are just way more diverse than either of the presidents who proceeded him. and, so, even as president obama moves in to this last part of his presidency, this part of his presidency that will be, shall we say, less fertile in terms of expectations for legislation, this barts of e part of his legacy is mostly overlooked. the reason he's been able to do that, now and for decades to come, the reason he's been able to get so many judges confirmed is because of what happened in november of last year. the united states senate was able to very rapidly pick up the pace in terms of how many judges they were confirming after what happened in november of last year. they didn't just pick up the pace last year. in november of last year
for president obama in particular, in terms of who they are. he has appointed more diverse judges and in particular, more female judges than any president by a mile. 42% have been women. 19% have been african american. 11% have been hispanic. particularly, in terms of women and hispanic nominees, president obama's nominations are just way more diverse than either of the presidents who proceeded him. and, so, even as president obama moves in to this last part of his presidency, this part of his...
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he's opened up a high lead over obama on the economy. if that overrides their concerns about his personality and character, then there's not much obama can do. but they had luck, you know, with romney's personal negatives before that. so there's potential there. >> i wonder if the -- i was thinking about this with the appearances in ohio. looking at the economic numbers in ohio. of course it's been funny at the personality level to see ohio republican governor john kasich try to talk to ohio about how much things have gotten better under his leadership and have the romney campaign think, shhh, we'd really prefer to say things here are going very badly. as the campaign shrinks down to a small number of swing states and they do have that improving economic numbers, problem as it were, on the republican side, in places like florida and especially in places like ohio, does that change the type of argument they need to make about change? about why mitt romney is the guy who should be trusted to do things differently than barack obama? since u
he's opened up a high lead over obama on the economy. if that overrides their concerns about his personality and character, then there's not much obama can do. but they had luck, you know, with romney's personal negatives before that. so there's potential there. >> i wonder if the -- i was thinking about this with the appearances in ohio. looking at the economic numbers in ohio. of course it's been funny at the personality level to see ohio republican governor john kasich try to talk to...
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my israel policy is go to be the opposite of obamas. so the theme is from romney is to strike a hawkish note, and i think what he's trying to go for is this caricature of obama that emerged, jimmy carter ii, the mockery of the international stage. the country is going to be ridiculed. that's the image they wanted to believe in from the beginning. that's the image mccain is promoting, the image romney is promoting. and you talk about the visual impact of this. look at where obama is right now. is anybody laughing at him there? you can take that and contrast it with this and that does make a powerful statement. >> i do think that romney, if romney's implicit message is obama is weak and i'm strong, by letting mccain do all of his talking for him, we shall see. i appreciate it. >> very, very much to get to on an unexpectedly busy night in the news. richard engle is going to be joining us live from cairo with important news on a story that has been confusing all day, but richard is right in the middle of it, and there's nobody more qualifie
my israel policy is go to be the opposite of obamas. so the theme is from romney is to strike a hawkish note, and i think what he's trying to go for is this caricature of obama that emerged, jimmy carter ii, the mockery of the international stage. the country is going to be ridiculed. that's the image they wanted to believe in from the beginning. that's the image mccain is promoting, the image romney is promoting. and you talk about the visual impact of this. look at where obama is right now....
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support the obama presidency. i mean, the deficit has plummeted under president obama, but if you listen to the republicans, they either say, that didn't really happen, or if it did, that president obama shouldn't get any credit for it. president obama led the country out of the worst recession since the great depression, but most people just remember how scary and terrible that recession was and they don't give him credit for us surviving it as a nation and getting out of it. big picture, it has been a frustration for people who support president obama and i imagine for the white house, itself, that president obama doesn't get credit for the successes that he has had in washington. and whether it is a symptom of that problem or a cause of that problem, president obama also doesn't seem personally inclined to like to take public credit for his successes when he has them. not most of the time, at least. but today, today was different. today was victory lap day for president obama and the white house. and we knew th
support the obama presidency. i mean, the deficit has plummeted under president obama, but if you listen to the republicans, they either say, that didn't really happen, or if it did, that president obama shouldn't get any credit for it. president obama led the country out of the worst recession since the great depression, but most people just remember how scary and terrible that recession was and they don't give him credit for us surviving it as a nation and getting out of it. big picture, it...
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yoo does the obama campaign have that option? >> i don't think so. >> i think the first debate will be remembered for romney one and two, big bird. and that is the image that will be on saturday night live. the only way to turn that to his advantage is to call him out on it and use the results of the first debate to improve his performance. remember, he went into a preevent defense and sitting on his lead. he is a good performer and good guy. >> jonathan, thank you for being here. i was excited to talk about this and i interrupted you a lot, i'm sorry. it turns out we have an unfortunate scoop. and it is out of pennsylvania and that story is coming up next. stay with us. >>> before the big unaffordable news, on tuesday of this week, something big happened. on tuesday a pennsylvania judge ruled that voters don't need a voter id to vote in this year's election. voter rules that were going to dinnen franchise up to one in eight voters in that big swing state were put on hold. but whether or not voters don't participate in this elect
yoo does the obama campaign have that option? >> i don't think so. >> i think the first debate will be remembered for romney one and two, big bird. and that is the image that will be on saturday night live. the only way to turn that to his advantage is to call him out on it and use the results of the first debate to improve his performance. remember, he went into a preevent defense and sitting on his lead. he is a good performer and good guy. >> jonathan, thank you for being...